Rec 100: Lecture 10 - Work and Leisure Complete Notes

Work and Leisure
Recreation and Leisure Studies
Thursday, November 3, 2011
• Objective: Interrelationship between work and leisure and how they impact our quality of life
Conceptualization of Work
Concept varies according to a variety of demographic, situational, and life-cycle factors
 Demographic (age, socioeconomic status, education level)
 Situational (type of work we’re involve in, geographical location)
 Life-cycle factors (are we at the early stages of our career, middle stage, or late stage)
Often involves obligatory time, paid or unpaid
 Can involve studying, looking for work, and other various unpaid aspects
o Ex. cleaning, cooking, childcare, etc.